Sunday, 3 June 2012

Capital Celluloid 2012 - Day 161: Sat June 9

The Deptford Film Club pop-up cinema are at the local church this time - in the crypt. Read on for their introduction to the afternoon's unsettling entertainment:

St Nicholas’ Church’s family community festival is on Saturday June 9! Lovely cream
teas, bouncy castles, face painting and fun for all the family. But all
is not well: wander down into the subterranean crypt and you’ll find
some real freaky stuff.
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for the short films of the
Brothers Quay – stop-motion animators extraordinaire. Over four hours
from 1pm to 5pm, witness a series of fascinating and deeply unsettling
films that feel like half-remembered dreams and long-suppressed
childhood memories. Dialogue-free and usually non-narrative experience,
these films rivet the attention through hypnotic control of décor,
music and movement.
If you watch them all you’ll make yourself ill, so do feel free to
see a couple, escape for a cuppa, and then come back for more. We won’t
be offended.

“Thirteen Kafkaesque pieces of puppetry that defy all
categorisation, comprehension or reason. Unsettling, baffling and
darkly brilliant.” FILM 4

“A grasp of the uncanny that rivals Luis Buñuel and Lewis Carroll” BFI

“It’s probably not a good idea to watch [this] if you
are feeling even slightly on edge. Actually, you may not want to watch
it if you are feeling happy. But you should certainly watch it.” ELECTRIC SHEEP

“For the sake of your sanity, don’t watch them all in one go.” DIGITAL FIX